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Title: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: the_dan_x on August 26, 2012, 12:32:09 PM

UPDATE: The iOS version has officially been confirmed.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31414

UPDATE: Square Enix officially announced the iOS game which is set to release on iPhone and iPad on August 27. The game dubbed The World Ends with You: Solo Remix is a new version of the original DS game.

Square Enix is set to release a new version of The World Ends With You on iOS later this year. 

The news comes from the listing of a new TWEWY soundtrack on Square Enix’s e-Shop, which included text mentioning the existence of a version of the game on the iOS platform before it was later removed. The original text also mentioned the inclusion of new music for the iOS version. 

Square Enix has not officially announced an iOS version of the game, nor has it confirmed or denied the existence of a Nintendo 3DS version. 

Before the leak, Square Enix stated that its TWEWY announcement would be revealed on August 27 at midnight in Japan, which is August 26, 11 a.m. ET in North America.

Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends With You Heading to iOS
Post by: xcwarrior on August 24, 2012, 09:55:53 AM
Well this would blow if there is no 3DS version. Or at least a eShop version, that shouldn't be too hard to ask.

I mean come on iOS? Hasn't that market started to crumble already?
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: red14 on August 24, 2012, 12:21:54 PM
Nintendo's starting to become increasingly lame. I don't even know what iOS is..
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: xcwarrior on August 24, 2012, 12:33:43 PM
Quote from: red14 on August 24, 2012, 12:21:54 PM
Nintendo's starting to become increasingly lame. I don't even know what iOS is..

You're joking right? First, Nintendo has nothing to do with this. Second, iOS is mobile gaming. As much as I hate to admit it, it's kind of a big(ger) deal nowadays. Mobile gaming, since you didn't know Nintendo doesn't publish TWEWY or what iOS is, is gaming on a cell phone. Cell phones are these things you talk or text people on. Do I need to define what people are or are you good?
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Oblivion on August 24, 2012, 12:41:48 PM
Gaaaaaaay. What the **** Nomura?
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: ROiDS on August 24, 2012, 01:28:34 PM
In words of Neku Sakuraba: "...Why ... What the HELL!?!?"
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: ShyGuy on August 24, 2012, 01:29:41 PM
99 cents in the iTunes store?
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Oblivion on August 24, 2012, 01:33:06 PM
I'm so freaking angry. Why create a countdown site for a port to iOS? I would understand if it was a remake on Wii U or 3DS, but to iOS? This means no change in graphics, and maybe even a dumbing down of the gameplay now that there isn't two screens.


I'm so pissed. I wanted a sequel.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 24, 2012, 01:35:03 PM
This might be un-related to the countdown.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Oblivion on August 24, 2012, 01:35:34 PM
Then it's a giant ass coincidence, considering they also took the original thing down.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: broodwars on August 24, 2012, 01:46:31 PM
I'm just enjoying how the internet never seems to learn when it comes to buying into internet hype and the resulting disappointment.  :P:
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Enner on August 24, 2012, 02:35:07 PM
Quote from: ShyGuy on August 24, 2012, 01:29:41 PM
99 cents in the iTunes store?


The Square tax is in effect even in the app store.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/08/24/final-fantasy-dimensions-will-cost-nearly-30-on-ios/ (http://www.siliconera.com/2012/08/24/final-fantasy-dimensions-will-cost-nearly-30-on-ios/)


Quote from: broodwars on August 24, 2012, 01:46:31 PM
I'm just enjoying how the internet never seems to learn when it comes to buying into internet hype and the resulting disappointment.  :P: :


Heh. Didn't something similar happen to what was eventually a Metal Gear Solid shooting gallery for iOS? Ah, repeating history.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: ShyGuy on August 24, 2012, 02:52:56 PM
Do many people really buy $30 Square Enix games on iPhone? That's like ten times the price of the average game.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Louieturkey on August 24, 2012, 03:12:47 PM
Quote from: ShyGuy on August 24, 2012, 02:52:56 PM
Do many people really buy $30 Square Enix games on iPhone? That's like ten times the price of the average game.
Not that I know of.  Even Squeenix diehards would be averse to that price.  I think $30 would be the highest price software they have put on iOS.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Shaymin on August 24, 2012, 04:51:56 PM
This will probably be $17 for the completely unplayable (iPhone) version and $20 for the playable (iPad) version, because SquareEnix... well, let's just say that I'm going to get bleeped repeatedly tonight during a podcast recording.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Pandareus on August 24, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
I don't think Final Fantasy Dimensions looks too good but at the same time, I don't find a $4-7$ price per episode all that egregious. This kind of price is the lesser evil next to ads or being constantly bugged to buy in-game stuff or pester your friends into playing the game. At least when you pay up front for your game, you are usually left alone to enjoy your game properly.

That said, I'm not planning to buy Dimensions or in fact to play any more iOS game ever.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Klonoahedgehog on August 24, 2012, 10:10:30 PM
...Well there goes Square's chain of being awesome this year.  :'(
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: tendoboy1984 on August 25, 2012, 02:48:16 PM
Quote from: xcwarrior on August 24, 2012, 12:33:43 PM
Quote from: red14 on August 24, 2012, 12:21:54 PM
Nintendo's starting to become increasingly lame. I don't even know what iOS is..

You're joking right? First, Nintendo has nothing to do with this. Second, iOS is mobile gaming. As much as I hate to admit it, it's kind of a big(ger) deal nowadays. Mobile gaming, since you didn't know Nintendo doesn't publish TWEWY or what iOS is, is gaming on a cell phone. Cell phones are these things you talk or text people on. Do I need to define what people are or are you good?


Technically speaking, iOS is the operating system for Apple devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone). "Mobile gaming" is a much broader term than encompasses Android, iOS, Blackberry, and Windows Phone (as if anyone plays games on a Blackberry).
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 25, 2012, 07:08:49 PM
Technically you're right, but really, iOS is mobile gaming, and the rest of them are all hanging on. I'd like to see a breakdown of money spent on games on all the different platforms.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: tendoboy1984 on August 25, 2012, 08:37:16 PM
Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 25, 2012, 07:08:49 PM

Technically you're right, but really, iOS is mobile gaming, and the rest of them are all hanging on. I'd like to see a breakdown of money spent on games on all the different platforms.

You're right about Blackberry, that's pretty much dead. Android is still the second most popular smartphone OS in the world, and Windows Phone is catching up.

Microsoft is heavily invested in the whole "Metro" interface, and they are going to market Windows 8 (PC) and Windows Phone like crazy this fall. If MS plays their cards right, they might overtake Android. That's a big IF.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 25, 2012, 08:49:30 PM
In terms of overall OS popularity that's true, but in terms of smartphone gaming iOS blows the others out of the water. Basically every game is available on iOS, and based on everything I've seen the difference in sales is massive.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 25, 2012, 08:53:37 PM
It's not Metro anymore, so that is wrong. And technically Android is #1 in terms of phone sales, though I would bet iOS makes more money. Windows Phone won't likely become #1. Right now, it is even behind BlackBerry. In Q2 of this year, Windows Phone only had a 3.5% marketshare. Android was a whopping 68.1% (though experts think it's because people are waiting for iPhone 5), iOS was 16.9%, BlackBerry 4.8%, Symbian at 4.4%, Linux at 2.3%. So even with a big push, do you really see Windows Phone getting to #1 or even #2 when it is in 5th place right now? Hell, even Symbian has a bigger marketshare.

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23638712 (http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23638712)
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: nickmitch on August 25, 2012, 09:51:40 PM
I'm still unsure of how the top screen portion of the game will play on iOS. The dual screen part really only works on the iPad. I guess they'd have to make them separate?
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 12:29:01 AM
Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 25, 2012, 07:08:49 PM
but really, iOS is mobile gaming

For now. 5 years ago Blackberry was on top. 5 years from now it will be someone else, but you are right... at this moment in time iOS dominates. Too bad for Apple that isn't going to last.

There was a time long long ago when Apple was synonymous with Desktop computers and they dominated, but then Microsoft took that away from them like a bully taking lunch money from a nerd. Microsoft probably didn't give a **** about the mobile market until they've seen how successful Apple has been with it. So now Microsoft is saying to Apple "Nice market you got there. I'll just take that from you, just like I took the Desktop market from you years ago".

And then Microsoft snatches it away like the bully that it is, and leaves Apple broken and humiliated. Like it or not, Windows 8 is coming, and it will be the death knell for iOS.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 26, 2012, 12:42:19 AM
You're crazy if you think Microsoft's winning this fight. They may get a decent chunk, but Apple and Google are the major players, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Microsoft's not beating Apple this time.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 01:58:28 AM
Microsoft will do what they do best and brute force their way into the market with an overwhelming supply of cash. They can sell at a loss, and they can use money hats to get exclusives. Whatever it would take. Apple doesn't have as deep pockets as Microsoft does.

And let's not forget that Microsoft can leverage their Desktop computer monopoly to their advantage. You say iOS has games and it does, but no where near as many as the PC market does. Plus Microsoft has its own hit exclusive titles like Halo. What exclusive games does iOS have? Angry Birds? Whatever it is is no match for Halo I'm sure.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: MegaByte on August 26, 2012, 02:07:56 AM
Quote from: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 01:58:28 AM
Apple doesn't have as deep pockets as Microsoft does.
That was true a few years ago maybe.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 26, 2012, 02:08:50 AM
Quote from: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 01:58:28 AM
Apple doesn't have as deep pockets as Microsoft does.

I guess you missed the recent news of Apple becoming the most valuable company ever (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/08/apple-aapl-becomes-historys-most-valuable-firm-on-iphone-5-rumors/). Microsoft's pockets aren't nearly as deep as Apple's.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 02:34:50 AM
Microsoft has greater strategic depth. Windows 8 is going to bring the fight right to Apple's core market, but Microsoft's core market (Desktops) isn't going to be effected. Apple's problem is they've built their house on a pack of cards, which can easily collapse on them. Microsoft's house is built on PCs and their hold is strong and pretty much unbreakable.

When it comes to mobile platforms people don't really care what OS its running. All they care about is ease of use and that it does what they want it to. Windows 8 will provide that, and probably at a more reasonable price than Apple's offerings. This is why Apple is going to lose in the long run.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Oblivion on August 26, 2012, 03:00:19 AM
Quote from: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 02:34:50 AM
people don't really care what OS its running.


This isn't true.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 03:35:57 AM
Quote from: Oblivion on August 26, 2012, 03:00:19 AM
Quote from: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 02:34:50 AM
people don't really care what OS its running.


This isn't true.

When I said "people" I mean the mainstream majority. Obviously there will always be fanboys who do care about the OS, but as a rule the majority of people don't care.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 26, 2012, 12:07:36 PM
Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 26, 2012, 02:08:50 AM
Quote from: Chozo Ghost on August 26, 2012, 01:58:28 AM
Apple doesn't have as deep pockets as Microsoft does.

I guess you missed the recent news of Apple becoming the most valuable company ever (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/08/apple-aapl-becomes-historys-most-valuable-firm-on-iphone-5-rumors/). Microsoft's pockets aren't nearly as deep as Apple's.

That is in terms of their stock value, not how much money the company actually has. In terms of how much money they actually have, it's about $98 billion for Apple and $54 billion for Microsoft. Apple is stingy with their money though.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: RagnaBlade on August 26, 2012, 02:45:52 PM
I was really hoping for TWEWY 2.  This is killing me.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Shaymin on August 26, 2012, 02:51:10 PM
Quote from: Shaymin on August 24, 2012, 04:51:56 PM
This will probably be $17 for the completely unplayable (iPhone) version and $20 for the playable (iPad) version, because SquareEnix... well, let's just say that I'm going to get bleeped repeatedly tonight during a podcast recording.

Off by a buck, and in the wrong direction.

This is going to suck.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Enner on August 26, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
And no $20 eShop for the Nintendo 3DS. Really wished Nintendo got behind this and had a 3DS released on the same day as the iOS version.
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 26, 2012, 05:13:03 PM
What the Hell does this have to do with Nintendo?
Title: Re: New Version of The World Ends with You Heading to iOS
Post by: Pandareus on August 27, 2012, 04:48:23 PM
Quote from: Brandogg on August 26, 2012, 05:13:03 PM
What the Hell does this have to do with Nintendo?
The story was originally about a possible TWEWY 2 announcement for a Nintendo system and was updated once the countdown was over. So it has nothing to do with Nintendo, now.